Avicenna Ibn Sina: Muslim Physician and Philosopher of the Eleventh Century (Great Muslim Philosophers and Scientists of the Middle Ages) Library Binding – Illustrated, January 30, 2006

Born in 980 in central Asia, Avicenna was a child prodigy who became a practicing physician and scholar in his teens. He was a unconventional, often unpopular pioneer in the formulation of many theories that centuries later would be proven correct. The books in this series would be best used by middle-school to high-school age readers and researchers. Includes: Timeline, Glossary, For More Information, For Further Reading and Bibliography.

Very in-depth material content of the legacy of the Muslims during the days of growth. Proud to be a muslim

The first "Renaissance Man," Ibn Sina (known as Avicenna in the West) was master of philosophy, poetry and diplomacy as well pharmacy, medicine and natural science. A Persian by birth, it was in 997 A.D. at the age of 17, that he became a physician and won esteem throughout the Arab World and Europe for his Canon of Medicine, which remained for six centuries Europe's most influential medical textbook, with thirty editions in Latin and several in Hebrew.The cultural and technological achievements made in the medieval Islamic world are the foundations of present knowledge and include instruments for measuring distance and latitude, keeping time, doing invasive surgery, solving complicated mathematical problems, examining the night sky, and reconciling science and religion (the last is still being struggled with in the West).This is one of 6 books highlighting outstanding Muslim contributors to philosophy, mathematics and/or science. Filled with full-color illustrations, featuring Islamic artwork. Each is a fine biography, well written and certain to be an important resource in any school library. Glossary, Index, Web sites, Bibliography, Resources, Timeline.Teachers/Librarians: this serves valuable place (nothing else like it) for 5th - 9th grades, social studies / science / math / humanities - library binding

A very relevant historical text. Excellent.